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Nicolas Lancret French, 1690 - 1743 La Camargo Dancing, c. 1730 oil on canvas Overall: 76.2 x 106.7 cm (30 x 42 in.) framed: 107.3 x 135.9 x 9.2 cm (42 1/4 x 53 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.) Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.89 |
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Provenance
Friedrich II, King of Prussia [1712-1786], Potsdam; by inheritance through the Kings of Prussia to Kaiser Wilhelm II [1859-1941] Berlin;[1] sold 1928/1929 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased April 1928 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; deeded 1 May 1937 to the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[2] gift 1937 to NGA.
[1] The provenance to Prince Carignan and Count von Rothenburg published in The Rococo Age, Exh. cat., High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1983, no. 43, is incorrect, since the painting once belonging to the Prince was of smaller dimensions than the NGA painting. The two paintings purchased by Count von Rothenburg from Prince Carignan for Frederick II were not identified in the letter of 1744 in which they were mentioned.
[2] Mellon purchase date and date deeded to Mellon Trust are according to Mellon collection files in NGA curatorial records and David Finley's notebook (donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1977, now in the Gallery Archives).
Associated Names
- Duveen Brothers, Inc.
- Friedrich II, King of Prussia
- Mellon, Andrew W.
- Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
- Wilhelm II, Kaiser
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